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Big steps toward Ghana’s digital future
April 16, 2015 Editor Comments Off on Big steps toward Ghana’s digital future
“Digitization” is a relatively niche topic in within information and communication technology (ICT), but the demand for “digitization” in the development field has grown significantly over the last few years, especially in Africa.When we say “digitization”, you may think that it is just scanning or capturing paper records into a digital format. That’s partially correct, […]
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Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?
January 2, 2015 Editor Comments Off on Aren’t Medicine and Water More Important Than Telecommunications?
ICT4D is a small, but growing community working on the massive challenge of bringing Internet connectivity to the world. As such, effectively conveying the meaning and opportunity of our work to people other than the few that already understand it, be it government officials, investors, grantmakers, or even telecommunications operators, becomes a massively important task. […]
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Will Google and Facebook Drive the Drone Agenda in International Development?
December 17, 2014 Editor 0
Working in ICT4D, you are reminded again and again that there is no “magic bullet” of development. Yet as each new technology emerges there is a flood of programs designed around it. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are no exception. Drones are the newest cool gadget to quickly appear in programs. However, we are not alone […]
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All things to all people: what the Internet means to our lives
December 9, 2014 Editor Comments Off on All things to all people: what the Internet means to our lives
It is difficult to imagine our world without the Internet. Apart from online social media, cat videos, online banking, and Wikipedia-fueled homework assignments, the Internet underpins financial transactions and economic activities around the world. Without it, airlines, banks and stock markets would be unable to coordinate in real-time their global or — in many cases […]
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Lessons Learned From Working Firsthand in Malawi’s ICT Sector
November 19, 2014 Editor Comments Off on Lessons Learned From Working Firsthand in Malawi’s ICT Sector
My name is Herman Fung and I’m a former VSO volunteer in Malawi. In March 2014, I completed an 18-month voluntary placement where I worked with the Ministry of Health to build and implement Malawi’s first national, open source Human Resources Information System for the health sector, called iHRIS. iHRIS is a suite of web-based […]
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The One Thing Everyone Should Do Now to Improve Program M&E
November 9, 2014 Editor 0
There is a simple solution that is useful throughout the project cycle, takes 10 minutes to set up, is used by millions of organizations worldwide but seldom used in development. What could it be? Citizens and clients have valuable feedback they want to provide that can help improve the success of programs. However, systems are […]
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